This rich and aromatic organic chilli powder will add a delightfully hot and spicy flavour to a curry or chilli dish. Chilli powder is part of the nightshade family of ‘Solanaceae’ along with tomatoes and eggplant. It is sometimes used interchangeable with cayenne pepper, however cayenne pepper is a vegetable that is ground into powder whereas chilli powder is a mixture of several dried chillies and herbs, which may have cayenne pepper in it. This chilli powder is around 10000-15000 Scoville heat units (SHU). The Scoville scale is the measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers or other spicy foods.
